Global Development and Environment Institute

Macroeconomics and Microeconomics in Context
Available January 2014

GDAE Researchers Neva Goodwin, Jonathan Harris, Julie Nelson, Brian Roach and Mariano Torras have co-authored new editions of two principles of economics textbooks.

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Microeconomics in Context
Macroeconomics in Context

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The Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE) is a research institute at Tufts University dedicated to promoting a better understanding of how societies can pursue their economic and community goals in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner. GDAE pursues its mission through original research, policy work, publication projects, curriculum development, conferences and other activities.

GDAE Contributes to Building a Green Economy:
Perspectives from Ecological Economics

GDAE's Jonathan Harris authors chapter on tensions between traditional Keynesianism and growth limits.

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New Publications

Educational Materials

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics:
New edition available and Three chapters in French
Macroeconomics in Context:
Two advance chapters available from 2nd edition
Microeconomics in Context:
Two advance chapters available from 3rd edition
Teaching Module: Forests, Agriculture, and Climate: Economics and Policy Issues. Also available in Spanish
Reader on Twenty First Century Macroeconomics: Responding to the Climate Challenge
Teaching Module: The Gulf Oil Spill: Economics and Policy Issues

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Globalization

Policy Brief: Fiscal Austerity and the Euro Crisis: Where Will Demand Come From?
Report & Paper: Can We Feed the World in 2050? A Scoping Paper to Assess the Evidence
Book: The Clash of Globalizations Essays on the Political Economy of Trade and Development Policy
World Politics Review Feature: Sustaining Development: Extractive Industries and Local Communities
International Affairs Policy Brief: How We Count Hunger Matters
Journal Article: Chinese Mining in Latin America: A Comparative Perspective
Policy Brief: Profiting from Precaution: How China’s Policy Banks Can Enhance Social and Environmental Standards
Report: Framing Hunger: A Response to "The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012"

Recent Columns and Commentaries
Recent Multimedia

Advancing Theory

Book Chapter: Innovations in Sustainable Consumption
Working Paper: Population, Resources, and Energy in the Global Economy: A Vindication of Herman Daly’s Vision
Working Paper: Green Keynesianism: Beyond Standard Growth Paradigms
Working Paper: Poisoning the Well, or How Economic Theory Damages Moral Imagination
Working Paper: A Financial Crisis Manual: Causes, Consequences, and Lessons of the Financial Crisis
Report: Labor's Declining Share and Future Quality of Life

See an assessment of the current state of economics theory and education quoting GDAE Co-Director Neva Goodwin.

See a feature on Researcher Julie A. Nelson

Climate Change

Working paper: Climate Impacts on Agriculture: A Challenge to Complacency?
Report: Economics of 350: Benefits and Costs of Climate Stabilization
Teaching Module on Climate Change

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